Round 3: Tossup 22
A businessman in this industry acted in a 1915 Mary Pickford comedy to promote his products, but when he had to kiss actress-turned-screenwriter Frances Marion, he refused because “[his] mother wouldn’t like it.” It’s not related to art or film, but Orson Welles’s F for Fake discusses a hoax biography of a businessman in this industry by Clifford Irving. A director who also worked in this industry designed a special push-up bra to expose more of Jane Russell’s breasts. A businessman best-known for work in this industry supposedly bequeathed one-sixteenth of his estate to (*) Melvin Dummar, according to a will found in the headquarters of the Mormon Church. A Texan businessman used profits from this industry to buy RKO after producing Scarface, and watched the spy movie Ice Station Zebra over 100 times. That businessman’s passion for this industry led him to direct Hell’s Angels. For 10 points, in what industry was the Spruce Goose manufactured by Howard Hughes? ■END■
ANSWER: aviation industry [or aircraft industry; or aerospace industry; accept airplane manufacturing; accept pilotry or flying; prompt on engineering or manufacturing until “manufactured” is read by asking “of what products?”; prompt on military or defense industry] (The businessman described in the first line is Glenn L. Martin. All the remaining lines refer to Howard Hughes.)
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